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Fintech Nexus Newsletter

·Dec. 13, 2023

Fintech Nexus Newsletter (December 13, 2023): Google partners with Affirm and Zip on BNPL pilot

Today, Google has announced a pilot program with Affirm and Zip to bring BNPL natively into the Google Pay wallet. Consumers continue to choose BNPL as a payment option and its popularity continues to grow, particularly during the holiday shopping season.

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Crypto

·Feb. 1, 2022

FB Meta crypto project Diem officially sells out

Silvergate, a US-based crypto bank that first partnered with the Facebook venture to create a stable coin last May, said in a release they paid $182 million for the operations infrastructure.

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Happy customer scanning her smartwatch on a credit card machine to pay her bill in a cafe. Cheerful woman doing a cashless and contactless transaction using NFC technology.

Payments

·Dec. 21, 2022

Generation drives digital payout preferences: Carat study

From the study, Carat found older and retired Americans are more likely to prioritize security (40%) and millennials prioritize the speed of payment delivery (29%)

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News

·Jul. 31, 2018

OCC Announces Fintech Charter on the Heels of US Treasury’s Report on Fintech

The OCC Fintech Charter was formally proposed back in December 2016. Along with many other organizations we responded to their...

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LatAm

·Nov. 10, 2023

Amid critics from the crypto space, Argentina’s frontrunner wants to build a digital peso

Finance minister and frontrunner in Argentina presidential elections announced the digital Peso project, against crypto critics.

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LatAm

·Feb. 5, 2024

Rental contracts in crypto: Milei’s agenda sparks sector optimism in Argentina

Javier Milei's deregulation agenda raises hopes in the sector, with rental contracts settled in crypto. But the economy remains in dire shape.

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Fintech

·Nov. 24, 2021

Guatemala fintech webinar: Myth or truth

It turns out, like many Central American countries, Guatemala is a hot market for fintech, with a GDP of $77.6 billion in 2020, making it the second-largest economy in Central America and the Caribbean.

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Guest Post

·Jan. 2, 2024

Will Embedded Finance Make Software Companies the New Community Banks?

With community banks pulling back on lending to small businesses vertical software platforms are filling the void. They provide software, of course, but are increasingly also providing access to capital.

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